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[@audinweber9061]

My favorite character is a Firbolg I'm playing right now. His name is Aefir. He's a werebear druid 4/barbarian 1. However, I really dived into the "cant lie" part and that gets the party into trouble. I work around it a bit where he speaks druidic or giant when lies are required. He spills the beans in a different language

[@Rookzer0]

ha ha that's a fun way to do it... "WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE?" "SDKLJFLKS LFSDJKLK JFLSKD" "Why is he talking like that" "um.... CHEESE IT"

[@audinweber9061]

It really irks the DM sometimes, but it's so worth it

[@Rookzer0]

@@audinweber9061 I've been on both sides of the DM screen in situations like that. Keep it up!

[@audinweber9061]

Oh yeah, I had no plans of stopping. Aefir is simply compelled to truth. It's best when the person I'm "lying" to shares the language I chose to speak.

[@audinweber9061]

My favorite part, though, is that he's built like a beautiful combination of the original and 5e firbolg. Like a nature viking, wielding a dane axe that's also his druidic focus

[@norestforthewicked7828]

Furbag, Furblag, Furball, Furba- Furbrag… a Furbro, a Furblue, Furbolg, Furbolg, Bolg, Furblog, Furbolg… A Furbolg! **success kid**

[@Rookzer0]

Nailed it.

[@Accvrsed]

Firbolg*

[@sloth8161]

"I am the Lorax, I speak to the trees"

[@disgruntledbob2812]

Imma out and say it now, Firbolgs are my favourite race. I tend to lean towards fey and nature stuff in DnD anyway and I’m into Celtic mythology which Firbolgs and Fomorians are from. Combined with unique personality, flavouring and awesome racial abilities, I always have a place for them in my settings. I can’t wait to try out my new Gandalf-knock-off Arcane Cleric, or my tea-obsessed Sun Soul Monk -Great video as always

[@Rookzer0]

Awesome comment, a Gandalf-Knock-off Cleric sounds awesome, let me know how you build it. I looked into a lot of the Fomorians lore while researching this video, I will definitely have to revisit them when I get into monsters. Fey creatures are pretty dope!

[@emmanuelmorris7653]

"This is going to be a weird episode" When isn't weird.

[@Rookzer0]

I think i used the term "man sacs" towards the end. Thanks for watching btw :)

[@emmanuelmorris7653]

@@Rookzer0 no problem lol!

[@axylotlarts6153]

I had been completely new to dnd and was in the process of making my very first character. Having no idea what I was doing, I was having trouble choosing a race until I came across the firbolgs by chance. I am now in custody of one of the most wholesome bards who just wants friendship and tea

[@Nyrufa]

If you think Firbolgs are cute and fuzzy, try staying in their forests, after they politely ask you to leave...

[@Rookzer0]

would they ask you to leave though :P or make you tea?

[@run2659]

Get out of my swamp!

[@quentindebiais9378]

@@Rookzer0 I know this video is a bit old 😅 and i'am late the firbolg like t stay in comunity and doesn't like other but are a kind creature and by start by make you out of there forest by using magic if it doesn't wort well they are gonna ask you to live politetly and finally they are gonna make you go out if you have evil intend

[@ihasnoidea1]

I had a Firbolg Barbarian named Belladonna with the mobile feat, because yes they're all cute and cuddly till it's angrily running at you at full speed

[@johnathanmartin1504]

My favorite character so far is a level 18 Firbolg druid with the ritual caster (wizard) and magic initiate (wizard) feats. He was raised by two elven adventurers (one a druid, the other a wizard) who adopted him after his parents were killed by a dracolich when he was a baby. I played him as really naive, thinking of adventurers as basically superheroes (he was also very young for a firbolg). He also was raised in the wizard's tower, so I made him VERY socially inept (charisma was my dump stat). Most of the other players thought he was hilarious, which may be one of the reasons I had so much fun playing him all the way from level 1 to level 18.

[@jerrymajors8132]

I'm surprised no-one's commented this already, but you drew a Na'vi with pink hair.

[@Rookzer0]

well poop.... ha ha

[@luizfelipesouza7540]

Neat art, dude! Congrats! The D&D community in my country is very little, so I made myself learn english with time to see more content! Love Firbolgs, would really like to play one soon!

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you for watching, If you make a furbolg please let me know what your character is like.

[@Potato-pn8sg]

"Firbolg" translates from Irish as "Men of bags" as they were thought to carry bags of fertile earth wherever they went to more easily farm where the ground wasn't as fertile as their homeland (namely the west of Ireland). The reason these bags of dirt was so important was because they were basically kicked out of Ireland because they lost a war against the old Irish gods.

[@Rookzer0]

Great info

[@GoblinLord]

hmm, that does explain the cow aesthetic as they were often used for farming

[@BUTM21]

I am a Firbolg tempest cleric (is important for his class to be said) in my D&D game, I decided to go the route of how they don't typically use actual names, but a nickname given to them by the party, and with him being a tempest cleric the name decided was Sparks (we did a one shot before the actual campaign to where he didn't really have a name and ended up fighting a small lightning elemental, so it was weaker) where My Firbolg got knocked unconscious from one of its lightning attacks, Thus the rest of the team called him sparks (due to his tempest domain and being knocked out by a lightning elemental)

[@arecold4222]

Im thinking of a Firbolg Druid of the Land (Forest) and a Ranger (Tasha's Beastmaster and Ranger revised) that works with an Elven Druid/Ranger in a forest togheter with other Firbolgs and Fey Creatures to operate and take care of a safehaven where endangered animals are brought in. When the Druidic/Rangery Elf called Erasmus is out of town to track down a wounded endagered animal, the Hill Giants attack because of the Firbolgs refusal to join the ordening, and the magic that held the endangered species inside got destroyed, making them flee from the Safehaven. Thus, me, Darwin Fleetwood, Fern, Binna and Leisha each traveled out to track down the runaway beasts. Also i want to reflavor him shooting arrows as him just picking up large rocks and treelogs and chucking them at people. Also he has an enormous . . . . Sling

[@abstractwood9518]

I know this is unrelated but your videos have improved my colour application on my art so much, so thank you and keep up the great work x x ❤

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you! Thats really nice to hear.

[@abstractwood9518]

@@Rookzer0 no problem my dude I luv your content

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Great video! Watched a TON of drawing videos on KZbin and I LOVE D&D... so this was an absolutely amazing blend of both worlds! I do dry media and always thought digital art looks super fun to do! Just think it would be strange drawing with a stylus Great video

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you! Id love to start painting but even when i sketch I occassionaly try to hit ctrl-z on my sketchbook... i should use my copic more.

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Rookzer0 EXACTLY! That’s so cool to go back and fix/ undo your own art My biggest thing would be resizing, drawing a head/ shoulder and it being off scaling wise... just make it bigger and keep going haha I’d love that!

[@Rookzer0]

Yeah my sketchbook is filled with oddly sized heads....

[@wyattperry4484]

@@Rookzer0 I can relate to that! I often try and get the details right and have to remind myself that this is an impression not a portrait!! Oh and by the way a cheat l use a lot of times is adding more hair to bulk up the head. Kind of like they say fake it to you make it!

[@tombochenczak2853]

I’d love to see a video on the Hobgoblin! You’ve earned a subscriber based on your awesome art and interesting commentary on each of these uncanny races.

[@Rookzer0]

Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying them. Hobgoblins are on my list! hopefully I will get to them in the near future

[@sierra2bork29]

I am working on a Firbolg druid who left home and accidentally fell into an assassin's guild. Working with them she has become addept at poison. So after level 4, where she becomes a level 3 rogue assassin. At which point she is singing a pact with Talona for 2 levels of warlock. Gonna use devil sight, mixed with darkness, the hidden step feature and finnaly the assassin's autatic crit against an enemy that hasn't attacked yet.

[@Rookzer0]

"He died of.... Firbolg Toxicity" Firbolg blight assassin could be a cool new class work around instead of having the multiclass.

[@juandesantos609]

I’m making my own furbolg for an up coming campaign. So far I’ve got them as a one armed warlock who will multiclass into an arcane trickster later on. Originally was planning to have them as a chaotic neutral character but after doing more and more research I’ve realized that neutral good is more fitting. Not that chaotic isn’t possible it’s just more likely they’ve been banished from their clan.

[@Rookzer0]

Interesting build. I like to think that allignment is really just the way the character sees themselves and its upto your actions and dm to decide your alignment any any given time.

[@wyattperry4484]

And you can always have two types of firbolgs in your game. (Battle firbolgs) the older version of firbolgs. good for barbarians fighters and a few paladins. and the official d&d firbolgs or Fae firbolgs. Good for clerics druids and wizards.

[@Rookzer0]

Yeah I definitly think there is room for both. I really like the idea that the more magical they lean the wierder they look.

[@wyattperry4484]

@@Rookzer0 I don't know if it's true or not. but I've heard some lure saying the modern/fae firbolg may have spend some time in the feywild before returning to the prime material realm. That might be why there a little on the weird side. I wonder if kratos is a shadowfell firbolg! Food for thought.

[@Rookzer0]

Awesome find! That would add a whole lot of complexity to them. Or atleast giants in general. Lol nice

[@wyattperry4484]

@@Rookzer0 you're welcome!! Both the feywild and shadowfell tend to have weird consequences! In elves you have the alandra from the feywild. I'm sure I spelled that wrong. (The seasonal elves) And the shadar-kai of the shadowfell. both are elves in 5th edition! You could apply these two extremes to pretty much any race and monster in d&d!! With the exception of elves and now firbolgs I don't think they have explored this very much! I could imagine a fey orc looking like he was high all the time!! And I could also imagine a shadowfell pixie being judge dredd!! And there's the dreaded feywild mimic that never shuts up!!!

[@gavincleveland]

I’m currently playing a Death Domain Firbolg Cleric which is pretty damn fun

[@wyattperry4484]

Respect

[@Rookzer0]

Awesome, any fun stories?

[@motekar5791]

Im playing legit the same thing..

[@dominiquewelbergen294]

im working on this right now aswell

[@DaveTpletsch]

Never played a firbolg as I pretty much only play Pathfinder, but you've inspired me to start looking at more races and being more open to allowing Large sized ones for PC's. There are a lot of races in pathfinder that should be large but aren't; Minotaurs are one, Half-giants are another. And while Centaurs are large size they're built specifically to deny them most of the bonuses they'd get from it, so I've been thinking of trying to re-work them. I mean game balance is important but so is rational continuity between monster manual and PC race versions of the same creature.

[@Rookzer0]

Yeah! Pathfinder has a means through the racebuilder to make a creature large instead of medium. As a dm i usually allow it and just make sure the players are aware of their size. Small corridores and low cielings if applicable

[@DaveTpletsch]

@@Rookzer0 Ya, I hope to have the chance to use that in game soon. I've also been inspired by Grog from Critical role and want a half giant race as well. There is a Half Giant race in Pathfinder already, but it's built for the psyonics alternate class rules and doesn't really look like it'd work in any campaign settings I'm used to running, so I think I'll have to build my own half giants. I enjoy building stuff for my games from scratch so I'm really just making justifications but whatever. It makes it easier that Pathfinder has mechanics already set up to build custom creatures too. I'm thinking a half giant race is a good place to start familiarizing myself with those rules.

[@justdrums8273]

I did a half orc that was raised by Firbolgs, very fun

[@OnlyZipho]

My faveorite character ive ever had is a Furbolg Warlock I'm using rn, he's basically a trickster kid who goes against a lot of what furbolg stand for (being calm and sheet while he is super chaotic) I love him so much its not even funny, he's an archfey warlock

[@jshortforjay7270]

I played a giant soul sorcerer firbolg that was fun. He got roped into the party while at a village market under disguise self. Spent the next few waiting to finally take groceries back to his cottage

[@Rookzer0]

I hope there was no one waiting at home for him to get back.

[@jshortforjay7270]

Rookzer0 Nope just dust and cobwebs thankfully, he had a good time being chaotic with a wand of wonder in every encounter

[@Rookzer0]

@@jshortforjay7270 That's a great item. The the rolls always be in your favor!

[@LostVibes77]

My boy neozaki A firbolg monk/rogue who loved sneaking up on people and putting berries and treats in there pockets

[@Rookzer0]

Thats pretty awesome. I did that once where I tried to hide origami spiders in people's pockets

[@Royboy2146-j2r]

I am just starting a firbolg druid lvl 1. And I'm making him struggle to speak common. He knows common, but it takes a bit for him to read it, and for some words he might not know. He is my sweet big boy

[@Rookzer0]

Rolling reading checks can be a lot of fun, stressful for the dm but a lot of fun

[@Croutonium]

0:17 He's speaking the language of the gods. What are you trying to do, summon a slime demon? Good vid btw👍

[@Rookzer0]

Oh Crap, I hope not... It would probably be a eldritch shrubbery

[@FlaminTubbyToast]

The rogue ranger is what ever class Mad Max is

[@AlastorMentie8539]

Thank you very insightful 🤘

[@Rookzer0]

My pleasure! I like the idea of sentient books, keep up the good work!

[@saiyanape6015]

Nar Varros , My Figther Scout Barbarian Totem Warrior Bear .... Inheritor of Moose farm sells Soap,Lotion,Cheese and Butter ... Plays the Bongos to come down love poetry and his Moose Blue Sto ne

[@Rookzer0]

I'm sad he's not a Moose totem warrior

[@saiyanape6015]

Wanted to ... But The Bear is a Protector and CareTaker ... like a Werebear but more Hippie like 😁

[@saiyanape6015]

My Firbolg ... Narr Varros ... Figther Scout lv5 / Barbarian Totem Bear lv4 ... i play him as a Ranger with Anger issuse ... Calm & Tranquile ... but .. Rage ... Savage Giant kin .. speaking and shouting in Giant

[@Rookzer0]

That's pretty great, Does he have bear quality beyond the fuzzy firbolg or is it more in line with his rage?

[@vernonhampton5863]

Wow, firbolg means = bag man. This is made to be a rogue. My next one shot, I'm rolling one of these as a rogue maybe with a splash of barbarian. I'll get a big sack and body up my enemies. Bag man, it's happening.

[@Rookzer0]

NIce, Let me know how it goes! "Do you know what this is?" "a sack." "Then you better get in it!" "NOOOOOOOO"

[@vernonhampton5863]

@@Rookzer0 From the Storyteller, Jim Henson?! You may be my new virtual best friend.

[@Rookzer0]

@@vernonhampton5863 Nice! I'm glad you got it!

[@AzariahMarinaStarcaster]

I'm in the process of creating a firbolg character right now. She's really timid and has a lot of anxiety problems, meaning she shuts out other people and spends all of her time with plants and animals even more than the average firbolg. I haven't figured out what happened exactly, but she severely injured someone she cared about after going into fight or flight while on the brink of an anxiety attack. Not knowing what else to do, she patched up the injuries she caused the best she could, then ended up running away from her home village in a panic, knowing firbolgs don't take kindly to traitors/evil people being among them and that the situation might be interpreted as her turning on her people.

[@DraiolLady]

Only the Exandria firbolgs are minotaur light, right? I think the Volo ones are still gray and fey-like but the mini cow is a Mercer thing. (Also beautiful art! Love the Melora symbol in the back.)

[@Rookzer0]

Your heads in the right place. Definitly a mercer thing. They are classically fey giants. Of variable size and shape.

[@January_Silence]

Kinda late to reply to this, but pretty much. I think it started when Matt described Pumat Sol (a firbolg shopkeeper NPC who sounds either Canadian or Minnesotan depending on who's listening) as having a wide nose "almost like a cow or a bull's nose across a human face," and fan artists took that as inspiration and ran with it, and now firbolgs tend to get drawn with cervine, bovine, and caprine features like the broad flat noses, long rounded ears, and tails.

[@eeveelovr133]

The last character I played was a Firbolg! Her name was Maple and she was a circle of dreams druid. She talked in a really bad canadian accent and favoured wildshaping into a moose (using elk for stats I believe). First ever fight we were in i ended up charging into a bandit and knocking his socks off. Literally. And his arms. So his buddy behind the tree next to him saw a big ol moose pulverize his friend with a halfling riding on their back.

[@Rookzer0]

Did he blame the moose or the halfling ha ha.

[@eeveelovr133]

Rookzer0 he went straight for the moose and missed his arrow at point blank against a very big target! Nat ones are great sometimes haha!

[@Rookzer0]

​@@eeveelovr133 "MOTHER OF MOOSES!" :fires wildly into the night:

[@keriharlow223]

My firbolg is a goat girl lol She's a bard/druid (multiclass) Definitely the diplomat of the party, though she gets looked at funny Oh, and her name is Doodles

[@Rookzer0]

Does she have horns?

[@keriharlow223]

@@Rookzer0 smol ones yes >_> though its not really her true form. Thinking I might need to rework her a bit. My pic is basically what she looks like lol

[@AlastorMentie8539]

I'm currently play a a furblag named (Ranu) Ranunculus Geranium who found a mysterious book and wants to understand it and find its owner Any ideas for a backstory for the book I've been trying to come up with one for weeks

[@hollidiewaldfeee]

i will be playing my first dnd session soon. my brother invited me. i'll play a firbolg bard as my firat dnd character. lets sew how thia goes u bet i will be hella confused but i guess it will be fun

[@Rookzer0]

Good luck, I hope you enjoy your first session!

[@hollidiewaldfeee]

@@Rookzer0 actually i really did. the dm said i did amazing with my acting and it went sooo grear

[@ianthe2131]

Firbolg Paladin/Sorcerer Baybee. Oath of the Eidolon (friend’s homebrew), and Runechild (We all know who made Runechild, right?) Also my DM made them a Minotaur subrace.

[@Rookzer0]

Thats some stacked destiny. Sounds like a lot of fun!

[@ianthe2131]

@@Rookzer0 Yup. She breaks like half the rules of the Code. Especially the ones about attention and taking credit. She's proud of her abilities and enjoys being the center of attention.

[@Rookzer0]

@@ianthe2131 does that affect your paladin status at all?

[@ianthe2131]

@@Rookzer0 *whispers* her Oath is to a Giant god but she doesn't know that yet.

[@ianthe2131]

@@Rookzer0 Well, moreso to the runes than to that Giant god, but potato tomato

[@CinemaSamuel]

I am thinking of playing a Firbolg cleric of the grave not cadeuces clay. Sadly we already have a cleric and there is only three of us I cant decide whether to play a ranger or Druid. Druids to me doesn’t fit because he wouldn’t want to use wild shape but with ranger he wouldn’t use a bow or hunt. Our other player is a barbarian and our cleric is kinda useless because he is new anyway it’s also a very survival outdoor campaign because we are on an island the whole time if I could get help that would be amazing I dunno what to do

[@Rookzer0]

Take a look at the pathfinder war priest. You can definitely build a fun Cleric that will fit in with that group. You can never have to many clerics. Plus War priest of the grave sounds dope.

[@CinemaSamuel]

Rookzer0 a death domain cleric and a grave or war domain cleric that’s also a Firbolg sounds fun I’ll do it thanks man. Also my current character is a tiefling fighter that duel wields scimitars I made him because I miss Mollymauk but also because it’s sweet I try to make him my own thing. PS I just found your channel and it’s one of the few that makes me burst out laughing keep up the great work!. PPs a Firbolg Paladin path of ancients sound dope with a build to bad Firbolg don’t get charisma bonuses

[@voidling2632]

dont really like those cow firbolgs. i always imagined we have Humans-Dwarves-Halflings and the fairy one: Firbolg-Elves-Gnomes, so just giant looking elves with beards or maybe the elvish version of a bugbear which would explain the fur (more wildish) but the cow part...dunno, maybe more elk/deer?

[@Rookzer0]

They are both correct. You're thinking of the older versions which is hella legit. 5e really wanted to play with the fey side to make them more unique giants. I like it. I think you could do a lot of variety with elk and alike. Giants are very versatile

[@jessegoonerage3999]

Honestly I prefer to cow appearance. We already have so many giant ish races. Its refreshing to get something unique

[@Lefthanded_Dragon]

Barbarian Firbolg and you do the thing that I bet will be in TCoE, at lvl 2 you trade the Dex advantage thing for getting double your PB to 2 skills so you take animal Handling skill and then at 3rd you go Totem warrior and get commune with animals as a ritual and now all the things that come to eat you, you have them become your pet.

[@Rookzer0]

Your dm is either going to love you or hate you.

[@Lefthanded_Dragon]

@@Rookzer0 DM would is or if your trying to piss off your DM you multiclass into druid

[@Lefthanded_Dragon]

And now I really want to play this guy

[@Lefthanded_Dragon]

A barbarian with a 14 on Wisdom and be some sort of man hunter, he gets bountys of criminals that have run off into his tribes Woods and to stay on good terms and to earn some money with the people of the city he goes into the woods and hunts them down..... Yaaa I want to play him

[@himboghost629]

I want to play as a enchanter pumat soul race The fuzzy druid race

[@Rookzer0]

ha ha 5e furbolg artificer or enchanter wizard is right up your ally

[@dunce3129]

2:14 what did you just say there?

[@Rookzer0]

:Cough: Furbless fobble but they don't fall down.

[@motekar5791]

Aye thanks mate! love the Drawing, Wish i could draw like that, but gotta pratice until you hate yourself then keep going lol

[@Rookzer0]

Hells yeah, Get those sexy art gains! I might have to put "practice until you hate yourself then keep going" on my business card.

[@motekar5791]

@@Rookzer0 I give you full rights to it! Just tell me what program your using lol, and any tips lol

[@Rookzer0]

@@motekar5791 I use Photoshop and a drawing tablet. My tip would be to get into the habit of drawing in a sketchbook or digitally everyday. even if its just for a few mins. Im 2 years into my sketch diary!

[@motekar5791]

@@Rookzer0 Oh wow, How much did that run you? I have a dumb amount of time to draw, but i want to do digtal cause i travel and I dont want to have to carry stuff around. Could you link what you have? Id appreciate it :D

[@Rookzer0]

@@motekar5791 I use a first generation cintiq companion, I've had it for quite a few years So I'd like to upgrade but probably wont be for a while. Some of my friends have been happy with ipads and Procreate as a cheaper option

[@AceHardy]

👑

[@johnmiller2689]

The original firbolg were based on the semi-mythological Irish Fir Bolg, one of the first people to settle Ireland. Now firbolg look like NBA furry cosplayers.

[@Jeromy1986]

How the blazes are they bovoid? They're blue dudes with all the blood vessels in their nose burst like drunkards.

[@Rookzer0]

I dont question the fae...

[@monkeymanwasd1239]

Apparently they are fae touched

[@dustymax56]

I came for the fur bulges but stayed for the seizures

[@kaijukoopa1248]

is it just me or does the new look make them look a lil like borrowers or fraggles? Totally would play a fraggle

[@Rookzer0]

I'm down with that

[@toonezon4836]

UIm so firbulg means man-sack? & they tend to be fuzzy & furry? So furry mansack, OMG, their walking talking hairy testicle? Word of advice, don't anger the firbulg, they can get pretty testy. Um so is it pronounced fur-ball? Fury bulge? Either way it's hairy balls all around

[@Rookzer0]

Nice

[@fonkin]

Pointy ears do not a fey creature make.

[@Rookzer0]

No but its a good start.